Where does the name of the country Greece came from?

Answer 1

Usually the name for a particular god or goddess came from where they were the patron deity (i.e., Athena was the patron goddess of Athens), or a component of their responsibilities as a certain god (i.e., Hades means 'unseen' and he is the god of Tartarus, or the Underworld). But, those are just two ways the Greeks named their gods.

Answer 2

Homer, in The Odyssey uses a name for certain Greek tribes of the period, Graichei, or Graikei. This is an approximate transliteration of the Greek. This ancient name for a sub-group of the Greeks (who actually refer to themselves as Hellenes), was taken up and used by westerners to refer to the whole of the Greeks. Through the centuries, and passing through many languages to reach English, Graichei turned to Greeks, and Greece (probably through some romance language where Graichei would turn to Graecci or some such) their country.

Answer 3

The gods and goddesses of the Greeks started as local or rural for forests, mountains, trees, rivers, sky, stars, sea - and grew into a family of gods and goddesses that the ancient Greeks claimed.

Answer 4

Ancient Greeks who remain nameless themselves.

Answer 5

Greek gods/and goddess got there names because of there personality and what they represent on the earth

Answer 6

The greek language or jewish names.